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Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica Gleaner

Lead Stories

  • JDF lockdown
    by Livern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter on August 4, 2025 at 5:10 am

    The headquarters of the Jamaican army was placed on lockdown yesterday as military personnel conducted a sweeping search for a missing firearm, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has disclosed. Army officials revealed, too, that two JDF members have...

  • Seasoning stars
    by Janet Silvera/Gleaner Writer on August 4, 2025 at 5:09 am

    WESTERN BUREAU: Twenty-five rising Jamaican culinary stars are being groomed for executive chef roles, as the hospitality industry tackles a shortage of certified local kitchen managers, a gap that has often led to the importation of foreign talent...

  • Cornwall Court misery
    by Adrian Frater/Gleaner Writer on August 4, 2025 at 5:07 am

    Western Bureau: The close to 16,000 residents of Cornwall Court in Montego Bay, St James, were up to yesterday still hopping mad as they have faced misery over the past two weeks, struggling to survive without water and with a pile-up of...

  • Golding offers himself as Jamaica’s rescuer
    by Albert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer on August 4, 2025 at 5:06 am

    WESTERN BUREAU: With a general election looming, People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has issued a clarion call to Jamaicans, positioning himself as the nation’s rescuer from what he describes as a decade of betrayal, corruption,...

  • Winning the uncommitted
    on August 4, 2025 at 5:06 am

    Political pundits say a key focus of any tight election campaign is winning the uncommitted voters, the ones who ‘sit on the fence’, whose decision could potentially swing victory to one side or the other. These electors are not part of the base,...

  • African family enjoys Jamaica’s warm embrace
    on August 4, 2025 at 5:06 am

    Eunice Misi and her two children were having a whale of a time at Emancipation Park in New Kingston on Friday, as they beamed with excitement while enjoying each other’s company. The Zimbabwean visitor, her daughter Lola, and son Paul are in...

  • Brittle boards and broken trust
    by Kimone Francis - Senior Staff Reporter on August 3, 2025 at 5:16 am

    Homeowners in Twickenham Glades, St Catherine, are outraged as severe termite infestation persists in their newly built National Housing Trust (NHT) houses, prompting the state entity to spend millions of dollars on retreatment for the four-year-...

  • Ghosts of filings past
    on August 3, 2025 at 5:13 am

    Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ income and assets were under scrutiny by anti-corruption authorities from at least 2017, as investigators questioned the source of funds behind his net worth, which rose from $350,000 in 1998 to almost $160 million...

  • Former Police Fed chair gets green light to challenge constitutionality of JCF gag orders
    on August 2, 2025 at 5:11 am

    The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Corporal Rohan James, the former chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, to challenge rules of the police force that he claims unconstitutionally restrict officers’ rights to freedom of expression. On...

  • CEOs urged to ride AI wave
    by Albert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer on August 2, 2025 at 5:09 am

    WESTERN BUREAU: A call has been issued for the Caribbean to embrace the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution or risk being left behind in what tech entrepreneur Kirk-Anthony Hamilton, describes as “the greatest investment cycle that we have...


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Jamaica Information Service

Jamaica Information Service

Jamaica Information Service The Voice of Jamaica


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Jamaica Star

Jamaica Star

Jamaica Star News

  • Carpenter turns himself in after fatal Kingston shooting
    on July 31, 2025 at 7:57 pm

    A court date is being finalised for 44-year-old carpenter Dwayne Forbes, otherwise called 'Creg', who has been charged with the July 19 shooting death of 29-year-old Neco Cole in Kingston 11. Forbes, of Little King Street, Kingston 14, is also...

  • Russian man fined $2M for dangerous driving that left four dead
    on July 31, 2025 at 7:20 pm

    A Russian man who caused a 2022 car crash along the Palisadoes main road in Kingston that killed four people has been ordered to pay $2 million in fines within seven days or serve three months in prison. Fifty-three-year-old Alexey Zaytsev was...

  • Lifeguard charged in Trelawny villa burglary
    on July 31, 2025 at 6:13 pm

    A lifeguard has been charged by police for allegedly breaking into a villa in Trelawny and stealing items from guests staying there. Thirty-eight-year-old Anthony Maragh, of Carey Park district, Duncans, Trelawny, is charged with burglary and...

  • Court frees truck driver accused of stealing employer’s goods
    on July 31, 2025 at 4:24 pm

    A St Catherine truck driver accused of stealing goods worth over $335,000 from his employer was freed after the Crown offered no evidence in court on Tuesday. Andrew Amos, 47, was charged with larceny as a servant. The Clerk of Court agreed...

  • Engineer drowns after vehicle plunges into Rio Cobre
    on July 31, 2025 at 3:40 pm

    The Bog Walk police in St Catherine are investigating the death of an engineer who drowned in the Rio Cobre yesterday. The deceased has been identified as 58-year-old Garfield Batts, a mechanical engineer of Lot 118 Saint Rose, Green Acres, St...

  • ‘Another August Mawnin coming’ - PNP sounds liberation cry at Emancipation landmark
    on July 31, 2025 at 10:01 am

    Gathered at the historic site in Spanish Town, St Catherine, where the Emancipation Proclamation was read 187 years ago, the People's National Party (PNP) on Wednesday emphatically declared that Jamaica will soon be freed from what it described as...

  • App to assist persons with disabilities launched
    on July 31, 2025 at 10:01 am

    Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr, says the launch of Jamaica's 'I AM ABLE' mobile application is a "game changer" for persons with disabilities. Speaking at the official unveiling at Turtle River Park in Ocho Rios on...

  • Jamaicans encouraged not to burn plastics
    on July 31, 2025 at 10:01 am

    As concerns grow globally about the impact of plastics on human health and the environment, Jamaicans are being strongly encouraged to avoid burning plastics, and to make more informed consumer choices by selecting products free of microplastics...

  • ‘We’re at a good point’ - Chang says police force stronger than ever
    by Daraine Luton - STAR Editor on July 31, 2025 at 10:01 am

    National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says the vision behind the construction of the new Stony Hill Police Station extends beyond just law enforcement. Speaking at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the station on Wednesday, Chang noted that...

  • Advocate blasts ‘LGBTQ+ agenda’ in cartoons
    on July 31, 2025 at 10:01 am

    Outspoken moral advocate Dr Wayne West has declared that the growing inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes in children's content signals a dangerous unravelling of society's moral compass. West said the increased presence of LGBTQ+ characters in books,...


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